More than one-third of the money Google Ventures invested in 2014 went to health care and life-sciences companies, up from 9% each of the prior two years. The venture group plans to continue investing in the area, looking to capitalize on an explosion of health data and new ways to analyze it, said Bill Maris, head of Google Ventures. Read More »

Investors are seeking out consumer deals as they say company valuations have fallen compared with a few years ago, making it a more attractive time to invest, while they expect Chinese buyers’ spending power to remain solid and boost businesses’ bottom lines. Read More »

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